Feb 13 - path /no path

Thought I could get to open water by beaching the kayak and dragging it out to the point. In the first 60 seconds I had two very wet feet.  Turns out the path wasn't on thick ice but thick slush covered by a half inch of overnight freeze.  So it was a short kayak excursion.  

Also had to re-run a fender. I've never seen one fail like this before. UV fatigue I guess?

Hiked a trail to the back of the creek. The ice was plenty thick to venture out on and even if I punched through it would be about knee deep (not counting another foot of mud I'd need to deal with getting out...)